soul nate@MNateShyamalan · Aug 1, 2025

Entomologist here 🙋‍♂️🤓🐜 Great question! It may seem surprising that the scientific community could miss an entire…

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An entomologist discusses how scientists could miss discovering an entire large bug species and explains the surprising reasons behind such oversights in entomological research.

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Entomologist here 🙋‍♂️🤓🐜 Great question! It may seem surprising that the scientific community could miss an entire bug species after all this time, especially when it’s THIS big. The answer might surprise you more 👀 Let’s dive in 👇🧵 (1/?)
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